Transformation story - Tenshin Monogatari

Japanese: 転身物語 - てんしんものがたり
Transformation story - Tenshin Monogatari
Ovid's epic poem. 15 volumes in total. It is a collection of stories from Greek and Roman mythology and history about humans transforming into trees, birds, etc., such as Echo and Narcissus and Arachne who turned into a spider. Starting with the creation of the universe from the primeval chaos, to Caesar becoming a star, the countless legends of transformation continue like links in a chain. From the Middle Ages to the early modern period, it was highly valued as a treasure trove of Greek mythology, and was widely used in art and literature. Apuleius also wrote a novel of the same name.

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Japanese:
オウィディウスの叙事詩。全15巻。ギリシア・ローマの神話,歴史から,人間が木や鳥などに姿を変える物語,たとえばエコーとナルキッソスとか,クモに変わったアラクネの物語等を集めたもので,太古の混沌(こんとん)からの宇宙生成に始まって,カエサルが星になるまでの間に,無数の転身の伝説が,鎖の輪のように結ばれて続いている。中世から近世までギリシア神話の宝庫として珍重され,美術に文学に広く利用された。なおアプレイウスにも同名の小説がある。

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